Using intelligence to investigate "quasi-immigrants"?
A few days ago, Australian media < Daily Telegraph > reported a news about Australian immigration censorship, caused a social uproar.
According to the < Daily Telegraph] report, Interior Secretary General Michael Pezzullo recently disclosed to the media that Tan Bao-government is actively promoting a new immigration audit system.
The new deal includes allowing the Ministry of the Interior to secretly examine the social background and personal information of "quasi-immigrants" through intelligence personnel.
Michael Pezzullo later acknowledged that the new naturalization test would be different from previous tests.
Among them, Australian government intelligence officers will examine the values of "quasi-immigrants", even before they enter Australia.
The new assessment system will review people`s habits to ensure that they do not lie about applying for Australian citizenship in the future, Michael Pezzullo told Daily Telegraph.
The background of the covert review of "quasi-immigrants" is said to include: Australia`s government collects and assesses information on "quasi-immigrants" through a variety of channels.
Government`s intelligence services have even been used to analyze their past behaviour to test "quasi-immigrants":
Compliance with Australian values;
Whether to integrate into Australian society;
Whether to accept the Western concept of gender equality, freedom of speech, religious freedom and so on. "
Interior Secretary General Michael Pezzullo said the final purpose of the review was to ensure that "quasi-immigrants" truly recognized Australia`s "western values" and that no extremists had infiltrated into Australia, posing a threat to social security.
The point-in-time, Michael Pezzullo covered by this secret audit is also described in detail.
He indicated that the "secret investigation" would be tentatively conducted in three separate sessions, namely:
When the naturalization applicant applies for the right of abode in Australia from the country of origin;
During the applicant`s arrival in Australia;
And when applying for Australian citizenship.
On the policy, the Minister of Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Alan Tudge, also said: "government wants to be able to carry out a continuous assessment of" quasi-immigrants "before they become officially naturalized, rather than relying solely on pre-naturalization tests.
The interior minister denies
As everyone talked about the new plan, Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said in an interview: "there is no such thing!"
"there is no such thing as this,", Peter Dutton said on Thursday (March 1), when Australian media SBS reporters asked Peter Dutton in front of the Capitol to see if the new deal included a secret audit.
"government will focus more on technology development in the future and any new deal related to immigration approval will be announced at the most appropriate time," Dutton said.
"there are a lot of new technologies, and as new technologies continue to emerge, we can exchange information more freely with countries," Dutton added.
"everything we do is based on ensuring Australia`s safety!" Dutton said.
Later, independent congressman and former Australian intelligence analyst Andrew Wilkie also said that the "secret censorship of prospective immigrants" of the new deal sounds a bit "weird" (Wacky).
Moreover, as a public official, rather than a politician, the Secretary-General of the Interior, Pezzullo, is grossly inappropriate.
Labour is even more blatant criticism of this policy as: "dog whistle politics."
Dog whistle politics (Dog-whistle Politics), also known as the use of implicit language, refers to a political means or political speech, to appear to the general public of the general information to add to the general information for a particular group of implicit information.
Labour is worried about the privacy of quasi-immigrants under the new deal.
epilogue
No matter how the policy will change, naturalization policy will become more and more stringent trend is inevitable.
With the increase of refugees and the increasing complexity of the immigrant population in Australia, it is a good thing to have a rigorous audit system.
